preview

Case Study£ºmacmillan and Grunski Consulting

Better Essays

Introductory Overview The group project, Macmillan and Grunski Consulting, consists of two sections. The first part explains the case about discounted cash flow analysis, by answering the given nine questions. The second part discusses the retirement planning.  Case Study Sandra Macmillan, one of the founders of Macmillan and Grunski Consulting which provides financial planning services, is now giving a short project to Mary Somkin, the firm¡¯s top secretary. If she can successfully demonstrate her ability and skill of discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis, one of the most important concepts in financial planning, she can expand her role in the firm and broaden her job opportunity. The project was an actual analysis for Sandra¡¯s …show more content…

With this semiannual periodic rate, the FV of the annuity now can be obtained. • If compounded annually: • If compounded semiannually: It is much easier to calculate the FV of annuity when the payments are made at semiannual compounding, the periodic rate is simply the nominal rate divided by two (number of compounding periods per year). Thus, the result should be: • If compounded quarterly: Now if the payment periods remain the same, while the interest is compounded quarterly, once again, the payment periods do not correspond to the compounding periods. An adjusted periodic rate for semiannual payment (Is) must be calculated first according to the quarterly periodic rate (Iq). This time, the equation should be: Question 6 Annuity due (a) In Question 6, the payment occurs at the beginning of each period rather than at the end, this type of annuity is named as annuity due. (b) & (c) According to the following formulas, the FV of an ordinary annuity can easily be converted to that of an annuity due: FVA(annuity due)=FVA(ordinary annuity) (1+i) The results are demonstrated as follows: (d) (f) If compounded annually: If compounded semiannually: If compounded quarterly: Question 7 (a) In this question, two new payment alternatives have been mentioned. The first option (Payment B) consists of seven equal payments of $3,000 at the beginning of each year; this can be

Get Access